Your top 5 metal albums of all time

[Thanatos]

Somehow I had never heard Storm of the Light's Bane before so I checked it out from this thread. Holy. Fucking. Shit. That is something else. Only had one listen to it so far but It'll be on repeat for the next while for sure. Quite the Christmas album...

You should give Far Away from the Sun by Sacramentum a listen if you haven't heard it. They're similar to Dissection, but are even better in my opinion. Far Away from the Sun is a masterpiece.

And to complete the trifecta, put Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) on that list of things to listen to...

[Mooncat]

Cheers lads, I'll check those out!

Wish I'd discovered it 20-odd years ago now to get the full teenage impact of it.

[Necrohag]

Dissection's first album, The Somberlain, is a must too especially if you loved Storm of the Light's Bane.

[Carnage]

I prefer The Somberlain. Great stuff.

[Necrohag]

Somehow I had never heard Storm of the Light's Bane before so I checked it out from this thread. Holy. Fucking. Shit. That is something else. Only had one listen to it so far but It'll be on repeat for the next while for sure. Quite the Christmas album...

You should give Far Away from the Sun by Sacramentum a listen if you haven't heard it. They're similar to Dissection, but are even better in my opinion. Far Away from the Sun is a masterpiece.

And to complete the trifecta, put Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) on that list of things to listen to...

I'd make it a quadfecta (?) and add Vinterland's Welcome My Last Chapter to this elite meloblack list also. 

[Skott Furys jizz rag]

I echo the sentiments for the Somberlain and Dawn - Slaughtersun. Brilliant albums

[Ducky]

Throw Thulcandra's "Under a Frozen Sun" in there too 

[astfgyl]

Throw Thulcandra's "Under a Frozen Sun" in there too 

Never even heard of it. Is it any good or what sort of thing is it? Not mad about Dissection if that makes any difference

[Necrohag]

Throw Thulcandra's "Under a Frozen Sun" in there too 

Never even heard of it. Is it any good or what sort of thing is it? Not mad about Dissection if that makes any difference

It's basically a Dissection worship kind of band formed by the frontman of Obscura , Steffen Kummerer. It can be a bit on the nose at times (not as bad as Gruesome with their Death worship) but if you're itchin for that Dissection kick it'll do the job and to be honest it's very well done.

They have 5 albums at this stage so plenty to assault your ears with.

[Paul keohane]

The Spirit from Germany have a few very Dissection sounding albums.

The two 90s Dissection albums are essential imo.

Also it was this week 20 years ago they played Dublin,fuckin unbelievable gig.

[astfgyl]

I got a couple of Dissection albums off Gooey a few years ago and I only liked Storm... Think it wasn't harsh enough for me at the time but I'm old now maybe I should have another crack at it

[Ducky]

Throw Thulcandra's "Under a Frozen Sun" in there too 

Never even heard of it. Is it any good or what sort of thing is it? Not mad about Dissection if that makes any difference

Necrohag is on the money above, but I'll add in that I myself am not mad about Dissection, but somehow enjoy Thulcandra more. I'd imagine that's akin to someone not being mad about Judas Priest but enjoying Primal Fear more.

(I'm also of the opinion that Dissection's debut is by far the superior album vs. Storm).

[Necrohag]

The Spirit from Germany have a few very Dissection sounding albums.

The two 90s Dissection albums are essential imo.

Also it was this week 20 years ago they played Dublin,fuckin unbelievable gig.

Aye, I also really enjoy this band and should have mentioned them previously. Funnily enough a class hoodie I bought from their bandcamp arrived yesterday morning.  

Their new album, Songs Against Humanity, that came out in October is one of my albums of the year.

[Maggot Colony]

I'm going to lose 666 kvlt points for recommending this, but Casus Luciferi by Watain is another great album in a style similar to Dissection. 

[Trev]

Ninkharsag is another Dissection clone. Hadnt heard of them before they played Damnation last year but went to check them out they were great live

Keep meaning to give their albums a listen since then but still haven't got around to it!